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Ian Foster
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I am a computer scientist with a predilection for building software systems (and, more recently, for deploying services) that solve problems in the sciences. I am a Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory and a Professor at the University of Chicago. I am affiliated, in particular, with the Department of Computer Science, Data Science and Learning Division, and Institute for Molecular Engineering.
Computational Science Distributed & Parallel Computing Scientific Computing & Simulation